The Schlock and Awe Podcast

This week on S&A it's a Twinning Titles. Lindsay & Bede are a City on Fire. Literary and Fugitively. Alvin Rakoff's City on Fire (1979) & Ringo Lam's City on Fire (1978). This is a Double of two movies not alike in stature, but both very entertaining. And both examples of genres of which they were born. The Disaster Movie and The Hong Kong New Wave. Both incredibly influential genres.   Please feel free to rate, review & subscribe to Schlock & Awe on your preferred podcast platform.

On S&A it's a Melbourne International Film Festival Round Up Part 2. There was too much to cover. Lindsay, Nadine & Kahn talk more movies. On this episode they discuss Fatherland, Blue Heron, Big Girls Don't Cry, Marama and La Gradiva. All chewy movies with a lot to say. Please feel free to rate, review & subscribe to Schlock & Awe on your preferred podcast platform 

This week on S&A we take a look a the 2026 Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF). The largest in the Southern Hemisphere - over 250 movies over a two and a half week period. Lindsay, Nadine and Kahn tried to see as much as they could. In Part One we cover, Wicker, La Bola Negra, All of a Sudden, Coward, Maddie's Secret & I Want Your Sex.  There was so much to say about these movies. Keep an eye out for MIFF Part Two Please feel free to rate, review & subscribe to Schlock & Awe on your preferred podcast platform 

This week on S&A Lindsay and Justin Anderson will take a martini shaken not steered. I'm Bond James Bond. A Double of Terence Young's From Russia From Love (1963) & Michael Bay's The Rock (1996). This is a double of how not only James Bond the character has developed and has influenced film history but also how action as a genre and Sean Connery's career has evolved.  Please feel free to rate, review & subscribe to Schlock and Awe on your preferred podcast platform 

This week on S&A Lindsay & Andrew Shaw look at Baby's First Body Horror Double. Steve Barron's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Movie (1990) & David Cronenberg's The Fly (1986). A secret of the ooze double. But more than that - how a specific generation was brought up. There is a through line from Jim Henson - Steven King - David Cronenberg. And we are the way we are because of it. Warning Episode does contain - Back in my day ..... Please feel free to rate, review & subscribe to Schlock & Awe on your preferred podcast platform 

This week on S&A Lindsay and Imperial Scum Podcast Co-Host Andy go back to 1985 with two directors entering the Hollywood scene. Andrew Davis' Code of Silence (1985) & Peter Weir's Witness (1985). Two comparable directors with two distinct styles. Both taking on corrupt cops both dealing with an outside influence. Gang Warfare and the Amish. Both these seemingly typical 1985 action movies have a certain flare.   Please feel free to rate & subscribe to Schlock & Awe on your favourite podcast platform.

This week on S&A Lindsay and Michele hit the road in this 1970s Dystopia feeling Double Feature. Paul Bartel's Death Race 2000 (1975) & Francis Lawrence's The Long Walk (2025). This is a Double of performing for Dictators, Bread and Circus where the prize is road kill. Murder for our entertainment and inspiration. Original Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Music Anthony King Please rate, review & subscribe to Schlock & Awe on your favourite podcast platform  

This week on S&A Lindsay & film critic Nadine Whitney know you should never underestimate a seemingly awkward woman. We are looking at the story of Catherine Sloper of Henry James' novel Washington Square. A double of William Wyler's The Heiress (1949) & Agnieszka Holland's Washington Square (1997). This is a Double of what makes an accomplished woman. Original Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Music Anthony King Please Rate, Review & Subscribe to Schlock & Awe on your favourite podcast platform. It helps the show.     

This week on S&A Lindsay & Robb Antequera head down into the underground of 1990s DTV Action with Don the Dragon's Ring of Fire: Blood and Steel (1993) & Gary Daniels' Riot (1996). This is a Double of a specific kind of action star. But it is also a Double of Budget Action Film Making, making action on the fly and how each movie handles each persona. Oh so much more round kicking and revenge than you are ready for.   Original Graphics Nadine Whitney Original Music Anthony King    Please rate, review and subscribe Schlock & Awe on your favourite podcast platform to help the show